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Donald Trump: “The stock market's higher now than it was when I assumed…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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President Trump Participates in a Small Business Summit

Published | Video Starts at 1:07:03

That was seven or eight months ago. We're a lot hotter than we were then. We had to do this little excursion. But the excursion is The stock market's higher now than it was when I assumed [office]. the market would be down 25%. And that was worth it to get rid of lunatics that would have nuclear weapons that can wipe out countries with the push of a button. (1:07:03–1:07:07)

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